FAIRMONT, W.Va. -- Hawaii Pacific used a three-point advantage in the tumbling event and won five of the six events to advance past Fairmont State, 274.300-269.155, on Friday evening in the final quarterfinal of the NCATA National Championships at Joe Retton Arena.

With the loss, Fairmont State's season comes to an end with a 4-6 record. HPU advances to the semifinal round on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. when they take on the defending National Champion Oregon Ducks.

The teams competed in a close compulsory event with Fairmont State's Sydney Fisher, Haley Cochran, Courtney Stack, Victoria Simon and Amanda Corley recording a perfect score in the Compulsory Toss Heat. FSU also recorded a 9.95 in the Compulsory Pyramid Heat.

Hawaii used a pair of 9.85 scores in the acro event to pick up a 29.45-28.50 win in the three heats. The Sharks also edged FSU, 29.55-29.40 in the pyramid event, scoring a 9.85 in each heat. The Falcons won the second heat of pyramid with a 9.90 score by Brooke Shambaugh, Allison Rogers, Nicole Uccello, Whitney Layton, Fisher, Corley, Cochran and Stack.

Hawaii took the Toss (28.30-27.65) and Tumbling (56.000-52.825) events after halftime before Fairmont State won the team routine, 92.68-92.55 to cap off the event.

Lauren Williams recorded a 9.525 in the open pass of tumbling to lead the Falcons in the event.